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Frankston car park good news but too late
The following letter to the editor/s was submitted in response to media attention surrounding the Federal Government scrapping its plan to build five of it’s promised station carparks. (Herald Sun and The Age)
Response to ABC News article about Frankston
In response to the ABC News article about Frankston that was published on May 2, Committee for Greater Frankston’s official statement follows. — While the Committee for Greater Frankston appreciates any media coverage of the inadequate public transport in our city – as well as the long-running call to extend the metro train line as […]
The search for future employment land in Frankston continues
The search for more industrial land in Frankston City is back in focus after the council approved $100,000 in late March for “further strategic work” including creation of an “industrial strategy” in the next financial year. The funds have been referred to council’s 2021–22 budget. The proposed new work follows council’s 2019 Industrial Land Strategy […]
Sync budgets and put Frankston rail extension top of list
FULL funding for the long-awaited Frankston rail extension should be coordinated in the next Victorian and Federal budgets, says leading advocacy group the Committee for Greater Frankston.The Commonwealth Government led the way with an initial amount of $225 million allocated in 2018. And the project’s had bipartisan support since 2016 with federal Labor backing it, […]
Build our car park now
The following letter to the editor was submitted on 26 February 2021 in response to the Federal Government’s lack of progress on the promised Frankston station multi-deck car park. (Herald Sun.) Please stop clogging Frankston’s CBD streets with commuter cars. News about delays in construction of car parks on the […]
Work is set to commence on Lathams Road Upgrade
Major Road Projects Victoria has awarded the contract for the Lathams Road Upgrade in Seaford and Carrum Downs to Winslow Infrastructure. Works will include: – Installing new traffic lights.– Building a new bridge over Peninsula Link– Upgrading the intersection at Frankston-Dandenong Road– Adding new lanes in each direction on Lathams and Rutherford Roads This […]
A New Station For Melbourne’s Newest Suburb
The following letter to the editor was submitted on 11 February 2021 in response to the State Government announcement about the Pakenham East rail extension which was published in the Herald Sun.